The short story “Cat Person” by kristen roupenian explores the theme of fantasy versus reality The theme is illustrated by Margot, who creates an ideal image of Robert in her mind. Although she is not attracted to him, she allows herself to fantasize about him: she did think that Robert was cute. Is Cat Person … Read more
In July 2021, Alexis Nowicki published an essay in Slate magazine alleging that Roupenian had appropriated details from Nowicki’s life and that of her lover, and used them for ” cat person “, with Margot representing Nowicki and Robert representing Nowicki’s former partner , only identified in the essay by the pseudonym “. Why is … Read more
The short story Cat Person is in the news once more, because a woman named Alexis Nowicki has written an essay for Slate in which she explains that she is the real-life cat person the Cat Person story is based on, and that her ex-boyfriend is the other cat person in the story, and that … Read more